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Dear teachers,
Would you be kind enough to give me your considered opinion concerning the usage of the expression in bold in the following sentences?
“Pray, sir,’ returned Mrs. Sparsit, “do not bite my nose off.”
“Bite your nose off, madam!” repeated Nr. Bounderby. “Your nose,” meaning, as Mrs. Sparsit conceived, that it was too developed a nose for the purpose. (Ch. Dickens, “Hand Times”)
bite somebody’s nose off = snap someone’s head = to treat someone rudely or brusquely, to refuse to acknowledge someone you know
V.
Would you be kind enough to give me your considered opinion concerning the usage of the expression in bold in the following sentences?
“Pray, sir,’ returned Mrs. Sparsit, “do not bite my nose off.”
“Bite your nose off, madam!” repeated Nr. Bounderby. “Your nose,” meaning, as Mrs. Sparsit conceived, that it was too developed a nose for the purpose. (Ch. Dickens, “Hand Times”)
bite somebody’s nose off = snap someone’s head = to treat someone rudely or brusquely, to refuse to acknowledge someone you know
V.
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